Category: archives
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South Brunswick splashes its way into the season
By: Rich Fisher If you believe in omens, do not follow the South Brunswick High boys tennis team this year. That’s not to say the Vikings opened the season with a cloud over their head. It was more like, a puddle under their feet. When the Vikes walked out for the first day of tryouts…
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N. Burlington girls’ lacrosse in fight to replace graduated stars
By: Sean Moylan Standing in the Northern Burlington County Regional High School gym five years ago, Dave Adam talked openly about forming a girls’ junior varsity lacrosse team in a town that, for the most part, didn’t know what lacrosse was. Yet there was a conviction and determination in Adam’s voice that could not be…
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Broncs buck early slump in Sonny Pittaro Field opener
Rider baseball By: Jim Green Maybe all the Rider University baseball team needed was a little home cooking to help it break out of its early-season slump. That and a little bit of pitching. The Broncs received three well-pitched games over the weekend, winning two of the three from Iona to open Sonny Pittaro Field…
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Mabel Regiec
By: HILSBOROUGH Mabel Regiec died March 25 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 83. Born in Roxbury Township, she lived in Hillsborough for the past 36 years. Mrs. Regiec worked as a quality control inspector for the RCA Corporation in Bridgewater for 28 years, retiring in 1983. She was a communicant of…
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Theologian to deliver lecture on sex scandals
Professor Sarah Coakley of Harvard Divinity School will deliver a lecture on "Ecclesiastical Sex Scandals: The Lack of a Contemporary Theology of Desire" at 4:30 p.m. April 28 in McCosh 50 on the Princeton University campus. The lecture is the fourth event in a three-year series offered by the Princeton University Center for the Study…
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Board chooses two for county honors
By:Emily Craighead When Yanela Cruz grows up, she says wants to be a surgeon so she can earn enough money to allow her parents to retire early. "My parents really didn’t have anything growing up in Costa Rica, and now they’re working hard to get money for us," said Yanela, an eighth-grade student at Alexander…
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Morris
One of Howell Farm’s attractions Morris, one of the cats at Howell Living History Farm, does a balancing act on the rim of a wooden bucket while taking a sip of water during Saturday’s hen house event. He and other creatures at the farm greeted visitors, who saw newly hatched chicks, collected eggs and learned…
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Rebuilding boys try living up to higher standards
By: Carolyn M. Hartko It’s hard to believe that the South Brunswick High School lacrosse program is starting just its seventh year as a varsity sport. From a 1-12 start in 1999, the Vikings completed their fourth straight winning season (15-4) last June, setting a school record for victories and consecutive victories (12). South Brunswick…
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Locals pan ‘fast-track’
Officials worried about deadlines. By: Josh Appelbaum Local elected officials and community board members say there is a problem with the development approval process, but most don’t think "fast-track" legislation enacted last year is the right fix. That’s why many are supporting a bill sponsored by 14th District Assembly members Bill Baroni and Linda Greenstein…
